Animal Specialty and Emergency Hospital is a repository for Hemopet and North Western Blood Banks. We are in the process of developing an in-house feline blood bank.

Blood components may be used by the emergency department, internal medicine department, or surgery, and are available to referring veterinarians as needed. Specific component therapy is preferable, avoiding immunologically mediated reactions such as erythrocyte antigen incompatibilities. In addition, blood typing and cross-matching are available to help avoid transfusion reactions.

Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBC) is defined as erythrocytes in which plasma and platelets have been removed. PRBCs typically have a hematocrit of 75%-80%.

Indications: Clinically symptomatic anemia. Dosage: 5-10ml/kg

Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) is defined as plasma collected and frozen within six hours of draw.

Indications: Source of coagulation factors, albumin, globulins. Factor X, XI deficiency and Prothrombin deficiencies.

Frozen Plasma (FP) is defined as plasma that has been collected and frozen six hours after the draw, or FFP that is greater than one year of age.

Indications: Colloid. Both FFP and FP have appropriate concentrations of vitamin K dependent proteins and albumin.